International Sports Law Resources

Note: The following materials are located in Eckstein Law Library's open stacks and/or in the National Sports Law Institute (NSLI). To access books that are only held in NSLI, please contact the Institute.

Comparative Treatises

Paul Anderson et al., eds., Sports betting: law and policy.
GV 717 .S66 2012Comparative survey of the law and policy on betting and sport in more than 40 countries, including a review under European Union Law and the European Court of Justice.

Wladimir Andreff and Stefan Szymanski, Handbook on the economics of sport.
GV 716 .H37 2009Reference work that presents an overview of research in sports economics. Includes contributors from the U.S., Australia, Canada, and EU members.

Michael Beloff et al., Sports law.
KD 3525 .B45 2012 (also in NSLI)
(also have 1999 edition)Focus on British and European law. Includes table of cases and table of legislation and international instruments.

Ian S. Blackshaw et al., eds., Court of Arbitration for sport, 1984-2004.
K 3702 .C68 2006 (also in NSLI)Outlines the history and achievements of the CAS after twenty years of operations. Includes bibliographical references and table of cases.

Ian S. Blackshaw et al., eds., TV rights and sport: legal aspects.
KJC 6995 .T44 2009 (also in NSLI)Includes European Law aspects of sports broadcasting rights in the digital age as well as TV rights relating to major sports events. Also includes 27 country studies within and beyond Europe.

Dominique Bodin et al., Sport and violence in Europe.
GV 706.7 .B63 2005 (also in NSLI)Authors highlight the relationship between sport and violence and the emergence of European regulations and directives to prevent violence.

Barbara Bogusz et al., eds., Regulation of sport in the European Union
KJE 6063 .R44 2007 (also in NSLI)Provides an overview of developments which have taken place in the regulation of sporting activity in the last decade, involving law, economics and sociology.

Antonio Buti and Saul Fridman, Drugs, sport and the law.
K 3702 .D78 2001Focus on Australia. Includes history of doping and doping control, dispute resolution, and legal challentes to drug testing.

Jean-Loup Chappelet, Autonomy of sport in Europe.
GV 706.35 .C42 2010Results of a study exploring the political, legal, and economic aspects of autonomy for non-governmental sports organizations. Study was conducted on behalf of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS).

Neville Cox and Alex Schuster, Sport and the law.
K 3702 .C69 2004Focus on Ireland. Includes table of cases and legislation, as well as sections on performance enhancing substances, crowd control, and sport and criminal law.

Simon Gardiner, et al., Sports law. 4th ed.
KD 3525 .S66 2012 (also in NSLI)
(also have 1998, 2001, and 2006 editions)Focus on British and European law in three sections: regulation and governance of sport; legal protection of the commercial integrity of sport; and legal issues in the sports workplace.

Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborne, eds., Law and sport in contemporary society.
K 3702 .L39 2000Discusses the relationship between sport and the law; encompasses elements of criminal, civil, public and European law.

Katrien Lefever, New media and sport: international legal aspects.
K 3702 .L44 2012Analysis and overview of the different competition authorities' decisions and media provisions dealing with the sale, acquisition and exploitation of sports broadcasting rights.

Adam Lewis and Jonathan Taylor, Sport: law and practice. 2d ed.
K 3702 .L48 2008
(2003 edition in NSLI)Includes section on the legal control of sport; EC and UK competition rules and sport; drug use; organization of sports entities; commercialization of sport; and the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Despina Mavromati and Matthieu Reeb, The code of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
(National Sports Law Institute: K 3702 .M368 2015)Includes article-by-article analysis of the CAS Rules as well as caselaw and CAS documents and materials.

James A.R. Nafziger and Stephen F. Ross, eds., Handbook on international sports law.
K 3702 .H25 2011Collection of essays addressing legal issues along two converging tracks: the commercial sports industry and the institutional framework of the law that includes international sports federations, the International Olympic Committee, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

James A.R. Nafziger, International sports law. 2d ed.
K 3702 .N34 2004
(also have 1988 edition)Overview of the institutional framework of international sports law, including dispute resolution, rights of athletes, doping, and boycotts.

James A.R. Nafziger, ed., Transnational law of sports.
K 3702 .N343 2013 (also in NSLI)Comprehensive collection of papers tracing international sports law from its origins to the present. Includes sections on the Olympic movement, sports federations, doping, discrimination, and dispute resolution.

Dimitrios Panagiotopoulos, Sports law: a European dimension.
(National Sports Law Institute: K 3702 .P26 2004)Discusses sports law as a specialized form of law in the European continent.

Dimitrios Panagiotopoulos, Sports law: lex sportiva & lex Olympica: theory and praxis
K 3702 .P36 2011 (also in NSLI)Includes the historical development of sports law with a section on theory, legal issues and regulation of sports activities, law of the Olympic Games, international sporting jurisdictions, and a section on Greek sports law.

Robert C.R. Siekmann and Janwillem Soek, eds., The Council of Europe and sport: basic documents.
GV 603 .C68 2007 (also in NSLI)Collection of intergovernmental documents including the European Sports Charter, Code of Sports Ethics, and other Conventions.

Aaron N. Wise and Bruce S. Meyer, International sports law and business.
K 3702 .W57 1997, 3 volumes (also in NSLI)Focus on the legal and business aspects of sports in the United States and eighteen foreign jurisdictions.

Awards and Cases

Jack Anderson, ed., Leading cases in sports law.
K 3702 .L42 2013Collection of key cases from a number of jurisdictions in the common and civil law traditions. Includes leading awards at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Recent Developments in Sports Law (formely You Make the Call)Annual survey published by the National Sports Law Institute. Provides an overview of important cases and arbitration decisions that have been resolved in the past year.

Alexandre M. Mestre, The law of the Olympic Games.
K 3702 .M44 2009Examines legal developments in the rules and institutions of the Olympic Games from antiquity to the modern era. Includes eligibility criteria, protection of the Olympic symbol, athletes' freedom of expression and boycotts.

Dimitrios Panagiotopoulos, Sports law: Lex Sportiva & Lex Olympica: theory and praxis
K 3702 .P36 2011Includes the historical development of sports law with a section on theory, legal issues and regulation of sports activities, law of the Olympic Games, international sporting jurisdictions, and a section on Greek sports law.

Robert C. R. Siekmann et al., eds., Doping rules of international sports organisations.
K3 702 .D66 1999Contains non-governmental documents on the international regulation of doping. Includes rules of the international Olympic sports organizations, as well as the International Olympic Committee Medical Code.

International Sports Law Journals

Many leading sports law journals, such as Marquette Sports Law Review include articles on international sports law issues. The list below, however, only includes those journals at Marquette University whose primary focus is international.

Print copies of the following journals are shelved alphabetically in the outer ring of the Law Library's upper stacks (library holdings are listed in parenthesis after the title.)